
Originally Posted by
Vampirate
Yeah, the problem I have with the formula is that by defenition wOBA is supposed to tell you how many runs you produce per at bat. The thing is I view HBP and stealing stats a non batter's statistic, and HBP especialy a non offensive statistic (that's a pitchers error in my view).
If they said wOBA was offence produced by a player's hitting skills and on base running skills then it would be more acceptable for me. But it's clearly saying runs produced at bat by the hitter, not a player's hitting and base running skills.